Fall arts preview: Theater

1:27 PM,
Aug. 30, 2013

'Dixie's Tupperware Party' keeps things fresh.

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SPOTLIGHT: "Red"

John Logan's 2010 Tony-winner for Best Play focuses on Mark Rothko, the late artist known for painting giant blocks of blurry, buzzing color. The Des Moines Community Playhouse version of the two-man show stars Playhouse favorite Micheal Davenport as the artist and newcomer Abraham Swee as the artist's young assistant, both painting a fresh canvas each night on stage.

THE PITCH: "I have the rare opportunity of directing one of the best shows I've seen in the last 10 years," said Playhouse executive director John Viars, who saw the New York run. "It's about art and ...